Blog Tour: True Born (True Born Trilogy #1) by L.E. Sterling

True Born (True Born Trilogy #1)
by L.E. Sterling
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
Release Date: May 3rd 2016

Synopsis:

Welcome to Dominion City.

After the great Plague descended, the world population was decimated...and their genetics damaged beyond repair.

The Lasters wait hopelessly for their genes to self-destruct. The Splicers pay for expensive treatments that might prolong their life. The plague-resistant True Borns are as mysterious as they are feared…

And then there's Lucy Fox and her identical twin sister, Margot. After endless tests, no one wants to reveal what they are.

When Margot disappears, a desperate Lucy has no choice but to put her faith in the True Borns, led by the charismatic Nolan Storm and the beautiful but deadly Jared Price. As Lucy and the True Borns set out to rescue her sister, they stumble upon a vast conspiracy stretching from Dominion’s street preachers to shady Russian tycoons. But why target the Fox sisters?

As they say in Dominion, it’s in the blood.

by L.E. Sterling

Hey, everyone! Thanks for letting me spin some tunes for you. I’ve put together a little playlist for my (romantic, fantastic) dystopian world of True Born, songs that I actually listened to while writing.

A song for Dominion City: Godspeedyoublackemperor - The Dead Flag Blues

An Upper Circle song: Electrelane - The Valley

A song for an Upper Circle dance: Glen Miller - Moonlight Serenade

Lucy’s theme: Radiohead - Nude

Lucy’s theme #2: Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely

Margot’s theme: Pixies - I bleed

Storm’s theme: David Bowie - Cat People

Storm’s theme #2: Portishead - Pedestal

Lovers’ songs (for Jared and Lucy): Mazzy Star - Fade into You

Leonard Cohen - Take this Longing

Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah 

Fight song #1: Pixies - UMASS

Fight song (Mohawk’s theme): The Runaways - Cherrybomb

Jared’s song: My Body is a Cage - Arcade Fire

Jared’s Song #2: You and Who’s Army? - Radiohead

Jared and Lucy (a song for the end of the novel): David Bowie - Absolute Beginners

But, having shared my playlist with you (songs I also listened to while writing the novel) I’d love to hear your picks! Get in touch with your #dystopianmixtape

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L.E. Sterling had an early obsession with sci-fi, fantasy and romance to which she remained faithful even through an M.A. in Creative Writing and a PhD in English Literature – where she completed a thesis on magical representation. She is the author of two previous novels, the cult hit Y/A novel The Originals (under pen name L.E. Vollick), dubbed “the Catcher in the Rye of a new generation” by one reviewer, and the urban fantasy Pluto’s Gate. 

Originally hailing from Parry Sound, Ontario, L.E. spent most of her summers roaming across Canada in a van with her father, a hippie musician, her brothers and an occasional stray mutt – inspiring her writing career. She currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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Blog Tour: Dream Things True by Marie Marquardt

Dream Things True
by Marie Marquardt
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: September 1st 2015

Synopsis:

A modern-day Romeo and Juliet story in which a wealthy Southern boy falls in love with an undocumented Mexican girl and together they face perils in their hostile Georgia town.

Evan, a soccer star and the nephew of a conservative Southern Senator, has never wanted for much -- except a functional family. Alma has lived in Georgia since she was two-years-old, excels in school, and has a large, warm Mexican family. Never mind their differences, the two fall in love, and they fall hard. But when ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) begins raids on their town, Alma knows that she needs to tell Evan her secret. There's too much at stake. But how to tell her country-club boyfriend that she’s an undocumented immigrant? That her whole family and most of her friends live in the country without permission. What follows is a beautiful, nuanced, well-paced exploration of the complications of immigration, young love, defying one’s family, and facing a tangled bureaucracy that threatens to completely upend two young lives.

Marie Marquardt is a Scholar-in-Residence at Emory University's Candler School of Theology and the author of Living Illegal: The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration. She is widely published on issues of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. South. Marquardt has also worked as an advocate among immigrants in Atlanta. She is a founder and co-chair of El Refugio, a hospitality house near the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia. Dream Things True is Marie's first young adult novel.

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The Unofficial Book Blitz: Impossibly Forever (Impossibly Duology #1-2) by Shane Morgan

Impossibly Forever (Impossibly Duology #1-2)
by Shane Morgan
Publisher: TSW Books
Release Date: February 24th 2014

Synopsis:

Impossibly Love:

All Moya Douglas wants to do is study hard, maintain her scholarship, and make her mother proud while attending college. She doesn't have time for a boyfriend or going on dates arranged by her best friend. Moya doesn't believe in love. And she has no intention of ever finding it. 

Branden McCarthy is determined to change her views.

A selfless romantic who's had his heart broken in the past, Branden is fascinated with Moya's personality and hopes to develop something real with her—a connection so strong it'll open her heart. But just when things start to work between the two, Branden’s secret threatens to get in the way.

Will Moya finally do the impossible and give love a chance with Branden, or will fear keep them apart?

Impossibly True: 

Moya is finally listening to her heart. 

She’s ready for love and willing to bask in all the joy it brings, but still, she insists on taking things slow. After all, her relationship with Branden isn't the only one that needs a chance.

With his health scare behind him, Branden wants nothing more than to get his life back on track—play hockey again, catch up on school, and get things moving with his girlfriend.

In the middle of strengthening their relationship and sorting out their individual lives, trouble begins to brew, testing the depth of their feelings for each other.

Can Branden and Moya once again overcome their trials and prove that their love is indeed true, or will past ghosts and new temptations drive them apart forever?

Impossibly Forever

by Shane Morgan

Moya stayed in the room the rest of the evening. I knew she was upset after seeing Samantha’s text, so I wanted to assure her again that it meant nothing.

   I knocked twice on the door then let myself in when she didn’t respond. She sat down on the loveseat by the window, appearing deep in thought as she picked at her jeans. I sat down next to her.

   “Moya, there’s really nothing to be jealous about.”

   Slowly, I placed my hand at her back. “Come on, babe don’t let that ruin our weekend.”

   “I’m not jealous. I’m fine.”

   “Really?”

   She rose to her feet, walking over to the window. “Yes. Really.”

   I got up as well. “You should talk to me when you’re upset, and don’t walk away like you did earlier.”

   Her expression relaxed as I took her hand. Turning slightly to meet my gaze, she said, “I’m not used to…being like this. I don’t like it. It makes me feel…”

   “Vulnerable,” I finished for her. “I understand, babe.”

   She faced me fully, her chocolate brown eyes craving for me. “I hate that another girl loved you that much, before me.” She laughed at herself. “It makes me seem possessive, but I want to love you more…so much more than she did.”

   “That’s intense,” I teased.

   Scoffing, Moya rolled her eyes and spun away from me, staring out the window again. I edged closer and cloaked my arms around her. “I like how passionate you are, because I’m the same. I want to be your first and your last. I want every part of you, Moya.”

   Seconds later, I was peering into her mesmerizing eyes again. My heart started to race just as her breathing strengthened. There was something rising between us. Heat circulated in the air, making it difficult to control my thoughts.

   Unexpectedly, Moya pushed into my chest, biting on my bottom lip as she kissed me hard.

We continued for a while, burning up in desire, until Moya yanked on my shirt and guided me over to the bed.

Shane Morgan is the bestselling young adult and new adult author of Impossibly Love, and Impossibly True. She currently lives in Rhode Island where she spends her days blogging, reading, and writing. 

Shane's belief is that imaginations can never be too wild. If you’re thinking it then the story is already written inside your head. It’s simply time to share it with the rest of the world.

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